What exactly do you think the input of a supply chain is?
zephyreks
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Constantly under attack? Remember that even back when the KMT was in power, Chiang Kai-Shek was (rightfully) suspicious that the CIA was plotting a coup to overthrow him.
Moreover, when the CCP was rising with Mao Zedong, the CIA used something like $100 million USD at the time to try to create a third group in China that could combat the other two (the KMT and CCP) with the explicit goal of undermining Mao's power.
China's existing actions don't even come close to tit-for-tat and America's continued subversive actions show that nothing has changed whatsoever. The US still thinks it can fuck around in the domestic affairs of other countries and leave unscathed without retribution.
With Wide-Ranging New Sanctions, Treasury Targets Russian Military-Linked Elites and Industrial Base
More sanctions, because the previous ones are working so well...
Everyone's been bitching and whining about catching others spies, though?
Ah yes, because escalation has worked so well in the past.
Right...
So supporters of the US must be tankies too, right? Or is it the "authoritarian" part you're angry about and not the "imperialist wankers who think using force against the people is the solution" part?
How so? Tesla had no product, basically no employees, and no money. There are other things to hate on Musk for, but is there any indication that he wasn't involved in the company like a cofounder would be?
The assumption here being that we live in scarcity? That worker productivity is directly tied to the amount of time worked? That people won't take difficult jobs like being a doctor without the financial incentive?
That's not really how it works
Ah yes, because American democracy is going so well.
Who's interests are the Republicans representing? Who's interests have the Democrats protected after being in power for 3 years?
Democracy is meaningless if it doesn't actually act to benefit the people. After all, the goal of government is to improve the lives of the people over which it governs. All of these experiments into different methods of governance should be evaluated based on how much the quality of lives of the population have improved and how happy the population is with their government.